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Modern Monetary Theory film proves finding the cash isn’t the problem | The National
Timing is everything. A month from the UK Budget day, understanding “fiscal space” and made-up terms like “fiscal black holes”… Source: Modern Monetary Theory film proves finding the cash isn’t the problem | The National Continue reading Modern Monetary Theory film proves finding the cash isn’t the problem | The National
Scientist Claims His AI Can Tell Disturbing Things About You Just by Looking at Your Face
Michal Kosinski, Stanford psychologist, claims that AI programs can detect people’s IQ, sexual orientation, and politics by scanning faces. Of course rights groups are attacking the research and not the fact that the researcher is demonstrating the dangerous things AI can be used for. Source: Scientist Claims His AI Can Tell Disturbing … Continue reading Scientist Claims His AI Can Tell Disturbing Things About You Just by Looking at Your Face
Death Valley just recorded the hottest month ever observed on the planet – The Washington Post
July was also the hottest month on record for dozens of other cities in the western United States, including Sacramento, Las Vegas and Portland, Ore. Source: Death Valley just recorded the hottest month ever observed on the planet – The Washington Post Continue reading Death Valley just recorded the hottest month ever observed on the planet – The Washington Post
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Did Assad Really Use Sarin?
Almost immediately after video of the alleged chemical weapons attack in Idlib hit Western media, Assad was declared guilty by US news networks and political commentators. Could they really have investigated and … Continue reading Did Assad Really Use Sarin?
Media Fail
David Dao, doctor removed from United flight, now subjected to smear campaign
Dao, who went to medical school in Vietnam in the 1970s before moving to the U.S., was working as a pulmonologist in Elizabethtown when he was arrested in 2003 and eventually convicted … Continue reading David Dao, doctor removed from United flight, now subjected to smear campaign
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New United Passenger Video Emerges: ‘Just Kill Me’
Video shows bloodied passenger who was dragged off an “overbooked” flight Sunday #flythefriendlyskies my husband was on that flight. Screw you United!! @united pic.twitter.com/4EcxrMy5jZ — Kaylyn Davis (@kaylyn_davis) April 10, 2017 #flythefriendlyskies … Continue reading New United Passenger Video Emerges: ‘Just Kill Me’
The fight over Trump’s foreign policy
Nikki Haley and Rex Tillerson may need to talk. The Trump administration’s two most prominent foreign-policy figures went on the Sunday shows to sell the President’s Syria strikes — and made two … Continue reading The fight over Trump’s foreign policy
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Bill Moyers Journal: Buying the War
A documentary exploring how mainstream media failed to question the war in Iraq. Watch the first 3 minutes of this video…. can you see any parallels to today … Continue reading Bill Moyers Journal: Buying the War
Syria – Repeat
Here is an episode regarding Syria that we made a few years back… funny (or not) how history repeats itself! Here is the original post. Continue reading Syria – Repeat
Economists have to let go of the delusion that they have all the answers
Economics isn’t always the best starting point in understanding our world. Sometimes a philosopher, sociologist, or historian might be better for analysis Or, rather, they need to stop sticking to ideas that have been proven time and time again to be false, such as the idea that austerity is needed when the … Continue reading Economists have to let go of the delusion that they have all the answers
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U.S. Withdraws Summons for Twitter Records on Account Critical of Trump’s Muslim Ban, So Twitter Drops Lawsuit
U.S. Withdraws Summons for Twitter Records on Account Critical of Trump’s Muslim Ban, So Twitter Drops Lawsuit Phew.. close call.. an attempt by the government to unmask a twitter account probably by … Continue reading U.S. Withdraws Summons for Twitter Records on Account Critical of Trump’s Muslim Ban, So Twitter Drops Lawsuit
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How Middle-Class America Got Fleeced – Bloomberg
Boomers and Gen Xers thought they had it made. But free markets, deregulation and financial errors cost them dearly. One partially correct answer is that your prosperity was … Continue reading How Middle-Class America Got Fleeced – Bloomberg
The New York Times’ Unbelievably Stupid Explanation For Assad’s Alleged Gas Attack
Before we get into the face-melting stupidity of the article itself, let me remind you dear reader that the Times played a crucial role in duping the American public into supporting the unfathomably destructive invasion of Iraq and was unforgivably supportive of the regime change that ended up killing a million innocent … Continue reading The New York Times’ Unbelievably Stupid Explanation For Assad’s Alleged Gas Attack
“Where’s the Money Coming From?” by Stuart Chase, 1943
IN 1925, Russia had been through a devastating war and a violent internal revolution. Her currency had been destroyed in a runaway price inflation, she was the world’s worst financial risk abroad … Continue reading “Where’s the Money Coming From?” by Stuart Chase, 1943
Media Fail
The Grim Logic Behind Syria’s Chemical Weapons Attack
The idea, analysts say, is to demoralize President Bashar al-Assad’s foes, showing them that their cause is hopeless and that no one will come to their aid. What a stupid article. Why … Continue reading The Grim Logic Behind Syria’s Chemical Weapons Attack
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